Art History Guide

Good day, I just got back from an out of town area. I saw many a thing, but mostly ate many a food. One of the many a thing that I’ve seen were the insides of the SF MoMa. There I was almost brought to tears being in the presence of many historical artists I’ve studied, some which I’ve covered here. The escalation for me was going from a Max Ernst along the wall until I hit a Mark Rothko.

Several years ago I did a Max Ernst portrait, around the time when I started addressing the mess and cloudiness inside my head. Since then I’ve managed to clear it up and gain some mental discipline. Some people thought the portrait was of an old guy pointing a rifle to his head. It was really of Max pointing a vacuum hose to his head, almost like a gun, but instead of blowing, it was sucking (there is a line drawing of a vacuum behind him). I used him, because I happened upon some video of him doing some dada film, when I started this conquest. There he was madly waltzing down a New York City street. Also I didn’t want to continue sucking after losing my mind.

Ernst was a Dadaist/surrealist who also helped influence the Abstract expressionist movement. My favorite painting of his was The Elephant Celebes.